“Ophelia was a bride of god
a novice Carmelite
in sister cells the cloister bells
tolled on her wedding night”
Song lyrics, Ophelia (1998), Ophelia
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“From one bell all the bells toll.”
"The Bell of the Shape," p. 35
The Shape (2000), Sequence: “Bells”
“Never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee.”
Source: No man is an island – A selection from the prose
Modern version: No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
Meditation 17. This was the source for the title of Ernest Hemingway's novel.
Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions (1624)
Source: Meditation XVII - Meditation 17
Context: No man is an Iland, intire of it selfe; every man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; if a Clod bee washed away by the Sea, Europe is the lesse, as well as if a Promontorie were, as well as if a Mannor of thy friends or of thine owne were; any mans death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankinde; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee.
“She rings like a bell through the night
And wouldn't you love to love her?”
Rhiannon
Fleetwood Mac (1976)
Epilogue
The Flower of Old Japan and Other Poems (1907), The Flower of Old Japan